What Is The Free Soil Party?

The Free Soil Party was a fleeting political party in the United States active in presidential elections, and in some state elections. This party consisted of anti-slavery politicians from various political parties. The Free Soil Party was founded in Buffalo, New York and was an alternative third party. The Wilmot Provision, which was an amendment attached to bills being presented for funding request from the government. On the behalf of the newly free states that prompted the conversation about anti-slavery expansion into newly, acquired territory from Mexico War. The Free Soil Party wanted the new territories that were acquired by the United States to remain slavery exempt. The Free Soil Party principles were consisting in the thoughts that
This was a way the opponents of slavery were able to prevent slavery in the new territories. Trying to get the Provision passed in Congress was a battle. This started the debate over slavery, which led to the creation of the anti-slavery Republican Party, which was the Free Soil Party after the failed attempts of the Wilmot Proviso. The Mexico War caused President Polk to request funds from Congress to propose a peace treaty and settle the boundary issues with Mexico. Mr. David Wilmot a representative of the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania created of the Wilmot Provision, attached his proposal to President Polk’s funding request, which was to prohibit the spreading of slavery in the new territories, including California. The inclusion of the immoral issue about slavery in the funding debate, would influence government to take a stand. The House approved the bill and sent it to the Senate for approval. The Senate chose not to discuss the slavery issue when the first request for funding for the new territories made by President Plock. During the next Congress meeting, a new bill for 3 million dollars was presented and again the Wilmot Provision
It was Senator John C Calhoun of South Carolina along with other proslavery senators who had rejected the Wilmot Proviso amendment and only agree to support the request for funding. After several years and numerous attempts to have the Wilmot Proviso to be passed by the Senate it never did. The continuous presentation of the proviso kept the issue of slavery before the Congress and the nation. By the amendment being attached to various bills Mr. Wilmot was able to publicly bring the issue of slavery to the political and public debates by avoiding the “Gag Rule”. This Rule had conveniently suppressed any discussions of the issue relating to slavery in Congress. The Free Soil Party vowed to support the Wilmot Proviso and some success in wooing the abolitionist vote in elections proved that a change was on the horizon. Even though there was support of the Free Soil Party for the passing of the Wilmot Proviso there were still major issues in the Party and the bill. The Proviso did have some effect among the Southern planters, they had become fearful that their “rights” to hold slaves and their property would be taken away without any reimbursement from the federal